Access to credit and economic well-being of rural households: Evidence from Eastern India

We evaluate the impact of access to credit on rural households’ per capita annual income using an endogenous switching regression approach, an increasingly popular method of tackling the selection bias issue in impact analyses. Using a large survey of rural households in eastern India, we find that...

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Main Authors: Kumar, Anjani, Mishra, Ashok K., Sonkar, Vinay Kumar, Saroj, Sunil
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142664
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Mishra, Ashok K.
Sonkar, Vinay Kumar
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description We evaluate the impact of access to credit on rural households’ per capita annual income using an endogenous switching regression approach, an increasingly popular method of tackling the selection bias issue in impact analyses. Using a large survey of rural households in eastern India, we find that access to credit is strongly associated with rural households’ socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. Additionally, access to credit increases rural households’ economic well-being; nonborrower rural households would benefit the most from access to credit. Access to credit affects recipients heterogeneously, implying that credit policies should be adaptable to different rural household groups.
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spelling CGSpace1426642025-02-24T06:46:48Z Access to credit and economic well-being of rural households: Evidence from Eastern India Kumar, Anjani Mishra, Ashok K. Sonkar, Vinay Kumar Saroj, Sunil income rural communities economic situation regression analysis households welfare socioeconomic environment household income demography social safety nets credit We evaluate the impact of access to credit on rural households’ per capita annual income using an endogenous switching regression approach, an increasingly popular method of tackling the selection bias issue in impact analyses. Using a large survey of rural households in eastern India, we find that access to credit is strongly associated with rural households’ socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. Additionally, access to credit increases rural households’ economic well-being; nonborrower rural households would benefit the most from access to credit. Access to credit affects recipients heterogeneously, implying that credit policies should be adaptable to different rural household groups. 2020-02-01 2024-05-22T12:10:50Z 2024-05-22T12:10:50Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142664 en https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/21/special-articles/access-credit-eastern-india.html Open Access Western Agricultural Economics Association Kumar, Anjani; Mishra, Ashok K.; Sonkar, Vinay Kumar; and Saroj, Sunil. 2020. Access to credit and economic well-being of rural households: Evidence from Eastern India. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 45(1): 145–160. https://purl.umn.edu/298439
spellingShingle income
rural communities
economic situation
regression analysis
households
welfare
socioeconomic environment
household income
demography
social safety nets
credit
Kumar, Anjani
Mishra, Ashok K.
Sonkar, Vinay Kumar
Saroj, Sunil
Access to credit and economic well-being of rural households: Evidence from Eastern India
title Access to credit and economic well-being of rural households: Evidence from Eastern India
title_full Access to credit and economic well-being of rural households: Evidence from Eastern India
title_fullStr Access to credit and economic well-being of rural households: Evidence from Eastern India
title_full_unstemmed Access to credit and economic well-being of rural households: Evidence from Eastern India
title_short Access to credit and economic well-being of rural households: Evidence from Eastern India
title_sort access to credit and economic well being of rural households evidence from eastern india
topic income
rural communities
economic situation
regression analysis
households
welfare
socioeconomic environment
household income
demography
social safety nets
credit
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142664
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